There was plenty of shtick served up with the foods-on-a-stick at The Bell House on Sunday when Minnesota Sen. Al Franken dropped in from the Gopher State to be a judge at the Gowanus venue’s mini-Minnesota State Fair — a bit of Land o’ Lakes fun for high plains ex-pats.

The bespectacled former “Saturday Night Live” scribe-turned-pol judged the food-on-a-stick competition and shared his own fond memories of the Minnesota State Fair — the nation’s largest fair in average daily attendance.

The Democrat gave the fete his vote, but gerrymandered over the borough’s stick foods.

“I was especially impressed with the creativity of the food-on-a-stick entries, though I have to say that my favorites are still the roasted corn and all-you-can-drink milk at the actual state fair in St. Paul,” said Franken.
“It was heartening to see so many Minnesotans in New York who still love to celebrate the traditions of our home state.”

More than 1,000 guests backed up the senator. Lines were around the block all afternoon.

Many of the attendees proudly sported Vikings T-shirts and Twins caps as they tasted such stick staples as chocolate-covered bacon, and deep fried alligator.

Brother-sister comedy duo John and Molly Knefel, Radio Happy Hour host Sam Osterhout, and Deejay Cherry Spoon (aka Anne Szustek) were among the transplants who pressed flesh with a packed house of mostly 20- and 30-something ex-pats who came to support The Bell House’s running survey of state fairs.

“Some people consider Minnesota to be a flyover state, but if you come from there, you realize there’s an incredible arts, theater and music scene,” said Minneapolis-native and Fort Greene resident Sam Utne, who helped coordinate the event, which also featured butter sculpting, a variety of imported beers and the Minnesota-owned Mexicue food truck, serving “Mid-wexican” cuisine.

Williamsburg native Brad Feyden, who attended the event, became an instant devotee of the Hockey State.